March 19, 2019 – A recognition ceremony was held Monday evening for a group of repeat violent offenders who have completed a special year-long intervention program called Operation Comeback, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 13, 2019 – Two men have been found guilty in a 2013 car-to-car gang-related shooting near Park and Getwell that claimed the life of one woman and critically injured a driver, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 11, 2019 – A 35-year-old man has been convicted for his role in the theft of a package from a Berclair-area resident’s porch that contained more than $21,000 worth of designer clothing, jewelry and other accessories, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 11, 2019 – The Governor’s Inn & Suites in southeast Memphis which was closed last month as a public nuisance has been allowed to reopen after agreeing to address security and other safety issues, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 19, 2019 – A recognition ceremony was held Monday evening for a group of repeat violent offenders who have completed a special year-long intervention program called Operation Comeback, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 13, 2019 – Two men have been found guilty in a 2013 car-to-car gang-related shooting near Park and Getwell that claimed the life of one woman and critically injured a driver, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 11, 2019 – A 35-year-old man has been convicted for his role in the theft of a package from a Berclair-area resident’s porch that contained more than $21,000 worth of designer clothing, jewelry and other accessories, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 11, 2019 – The Governor’s Inn & Suites in southeast Memphis which was closed last month as a public nuisance has been allowed to reopen after agreeing to address security and other safety issues, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

March 8, 2019 – A 23-year-old man has been indicted on first-degree felony murder charges in the robbery and shooting death of a teen last year in Raleigh, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Thursday, 24 May 2018 16:23

Man Convicted in Murder of Car-Theft Victim

May 24, 2018 – A Whitehaven man was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges Thursday in the shooting death of a man who was pleading for his life while still connected to a 911 operator, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Criminal Court jury also convicted defendant Lacurtis Odom, 24, of attempted especially aggravated robbery, theft of property and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun. Judge John Campbell sentenced him to life in prison for the murder, and will sentence Odom on the other cases on June 29.

The incident occurred on July 30, 2016, in the parking lot of the Hickory Hill Apartments off of Winchester east of Elvis Presley where victim Terralonce Stanford, 26, located his 1997 Infiniti which had been stolen three weeks earlier.

He blocked the car in with his pickup truck, called 911 and waited for police. While Stanford was still on the phone with police, Odom came out of a nearby apartment and told Stanford he could not take the car.

Odom threatened Stanford with a handgun as the victim repeatedly pleaded, “Please don’t shoot me,” while still on the line with a 911 operator. Odom shot Stanford in the head, killing him instantly. His cell phone was still in his hand. The 911 call was played for the jury.

Odom fled the scene in the stolen Infiniti, but returned moments later, went through the victim’s pockets and then left again. Witnesses identified him and a codefendant, Montrell Clark, 24, whose case remains pending.

The stolen Infiniti was found burned the next day on Horn Lake Road near Holmes Road close to the Mississippi state line.

The case was handled by Asst. Dist. Attys. Kirby May and Nicole Germain.